Corona Devotionals

I've been scrapbooking this week: want to see? But, not exactly traditional scrapbooking--with pictures...we have been Scriptural- scrapbooking and spiritual- scrapbooking this week.  If traditional scrapbooking is pasting pictures and momentos together on a page, then Scriptural and spiritual scrapbooking is piecing together Bible reading (and application) with our life events, and pasting them onto our hearts.   Want to see? ~~~ One day, on the drive to a soccer practice with a car-full of kids, we had one of the young adults read Zechariah Chapter 1 , and we then discussed (together!) God's desire for us to return to Him, and to  turn from our evil ways and our  evil practices.    There will always be those who are not  turning to God, but (one day at a time!), can we read God's Word and obey God's Word and be among those who DO what it says? “The Lord was very angry with your ancestors. ( 3) Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord...

Has someone "gotten in our head" or "under our skin" with their negative words about us?  Are we being held back, pinned down, or paralyzed by what someone else says about us, instead of by what God says about us? We can step out of those lies today. We can step away from defeat in our spirit, and into victory in Christ today. Let's step into the Bible and God's truth about us, which is the only truth that matters.  When someone else says that we are expendable and of no value, God says that we are holy and dearly loved. Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.  ~Colossians 3:12 When someone else says that we are nothing-special, God says that we are set apart. “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,  before you were born I set you apart;  I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”  ~Jeremiah 1:5 When someone else tells or treats us as unloved, G...

Yesterday was yesterday for us: Leave it. Yesterday was yesterday for our relatives ( ancestors ): We can't change things for them. Today is today: Our faith destiny begins today. ~~~ Yesterday was yesterday for us: Leave it.  At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.  ( 10)  Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”   (11)  “No one, sir,” she said.   “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”   ~John 8:9-13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:  The old has gone, the new is here!  ~2 Corinthians 5:17 Yesterday was yesterday for our relatives ( ancestors ): We can't change things for them. In November of the second year of King Darius’s reign, the Lord gave this message to the prophet Zechariah son of Be...

We were blessed to have the unique opportunity to see Big Boy the other day. Not Big Boy, the cheeseburger. Not big boy, as in a 10-pound baby boy. We witnessed Big Boy No. 4014 in locomotive action! Have you heard of Big Boy No. 4014? The truth is, I had not heard of Big Boy No. 4014. However, I've spoken with many others who were well aware that he was coming through town. His anticipated arrival was broadcast on the news via TV, newspaper, online, radio, and (thankfully for us!), by people too! Big Boy No. 4014 is the world’s largest operating steam locomotive. Of the eight remaining Big Boys in existence today, No. 4014 is the only one still in operation.  Twenty-five Big Boys were commissioned exclusively for Union Pacific Railroad, the first of which was delivered in 1941. These massive locomotives were built to haul heavy equipment in support of the war effort, normally operating between Ogden, Utah, and Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Big Boys are 133 feet long and weigh 1.2 ...